Wade Cunningham

Wade Grant Cunningham (born 19 August 1984) is a

Cunningham's professional career began when he won the Karting World Championship in 2003.

The following year he moved to the United States and competed in the Cooper Tires Formula Ford Zetec Championship in which he finished 5th after winning four consecutive poles and seven podium finishes. He won the 2005

He continued with the team in 2006 and won 3 more races, including the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (becoming the first driver from New Zealand to do so) and placed third in championship points despite missing two races due to an emergency appendectomy. While missing out on the drivers title the team was still able to claim their second consecutive entrants championship because they were able to replace Wade with a reserve driver for those events. He narrowly missed the title by 11 points and would have easily clinched his second drivers championship had he started either of those events.

He drove in the

IndyCar Series

In December 2007 Cunningham tested an

Wade's brother Mitch made his Firestone Indy Lights Series debut (formerly the Indy Pro Series) in 2008 for Brian Stewart Racing, the same team with whom Wade had his initial success. Wade made a handful of starts in the series in 2008, both for Brian Stewart and in the Mid-Ohio double-header for the new Alliance Motorsports team.

He signed on to return to the series full-time in

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

References

External links

• Wade Cunningham career summary at DriverDB.com
• Official website
• Wade Cunningham Indy Pro Series/Firestone Indy Lights Statistics Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• IndyCar Driver Page